Signifying Robot: What do you think the Walker looks like?

Love it or not, the aluminum-clad Walker expansion is fertile ground for creative description. It’s been likened to Miss Pac-Man, an “angry robot head,” and a Transformer of toy and cartoon fame. It’s been panned as a “bruised ice cube” (by the Guthrie Theater actor who played Ebenezer Scrooge) and praised as “a rough-cut gem” (Icon, UK) and “as light and luscious as crumpled silk” (Newsweek). Last summer, I asked people passing by how they’d describe the unusual facade; since it never ended up in the magazine, I’ll run some of the replies here. Feel free to add your own in comments.

“It looks like that ship from Star Wars, where they found R2-D2 and C3PO.”

“It’s like a giant robot head. And the rest of the robot is submerged underground, so when the Walker gets enough funding, the whole thing’s going to rise up and attack the city. The buildings are going to battle like in those Japanese movies.”